Sociological-Point-Of-View

1. Sociological Point Of
View

2. JASHORE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY,BANGLADESH
Written: Abu Talha
Edited & published: Md. Humayun kobir
Department : Agro product processing technology

3. “Sociology is first and foremost a way of looking at
the social world. The sociologist must see into and
through man’s daily round of activities.”
-David Popenoe

4. What is Sociological Point of View?
A Sociological mindset in regards to being able
to connect individual experiences and social
relationships.
The lens that an individual chooses to view the
scope of society from.
Go beyond the obvious and question what is
accepted as true or common sense.

5. Sociological point of view
Ordinarily people may give an answer- it is the
‘Right’ thing to do.
Sociologist goes beyond these and tries to find an
answer through traditions or morality. He asks
questions
• Why some practices become traditional?
• How people know that certain practices are right?
• Who or what conferred his “rightfulness” upon them?
Sociologist may point out that an action which is,
one society’s sacred custom, may be another’s
immoral vice.

6. Sociological point of view
A sociologist observes unequal distribution of power in
the class-room, the teacher having the power to talk,
discipline, punish and to determine grades. He
observes that the teacher has the institutional support
at his command in disciplining the students, denying
library and laboratory facility, etc. Still, teacher is not
having absolute power. Students may also use their
power as a sharp reaction and may refuse to keep
quiet, boycott classes, stage strikes etc. Further, the
sociologist observes that there are certain unspoken
rules and expectations that every one more or less
follows. It is known that combing in class-room is
inappropriate.

7. Major Sociological Perspective:
Symbolic Interactionism
Structural-Functionalism
Conflict Theory

8. Symbolic Interactionism
Society is essentially a set of daily interactions
that are guided by symbols.
The way people interact with each other via
symbol.
Symbols are culturally derived social objects
having shared meaning that are created and
maintained in social interaction.
Herbert Blumer founded symbolic interactionism.

11. Structural Functionalism
 Society is an organic being of interrelated parts that
work together in harmony.
 Society is a complex system whose parts work together
to promote stability.
 Functionalist search for functions that institutions may
have in society.
 Herbert Spencer and Robert Merton were two
contribution of this perspective.

13. Conflict Perspective:
 Society is the competition of a few group of people for
scarce resources.
 Study the distribution of resources, power and inequality.
 Interprets society as a struggle for power between
groups engaging in conflict for limit resources.
 Karl Marx is founder of conflict perspective.

15. “That is the strangest thing about the world: how
it looks so different from every point of view.”
-Lauren Oliver

16. Thank You